Antproof shelf bracket



June 1927 H. E. DE PEW ANTPROQF SHELF BRACKET Filed Auz. 5. 1926Patented June 21, 1927.

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' HERMAN E. DE FEW," OF 'ALAMEDA, CALliFQRNIA.

. anrrnoor SHE F BRACKET.

Application filed August 5, 1926. SerjialNoQ 127,326.

The invention relates to brackets for supporting shelves and the like,and has for its object the provision of means to prevent ants and othercrawling insects from reaching the shelf or other object supported bythe bracket.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a shelf brackethaving a downwardly directed portion, and a container to receive saiddownwardly directed portion, said container being adapted to hold aliquid to prevent insectsfrom crawling along the bracket to reach thearticle supported thereby.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved shelfbracket consisting of a grooved member adapted to be secured to asuitable support by being engaged with a pointed threaded end of abracket arm, said bracket arm having a U-shaped depressed portionintermediate of its ends, one of the sides of said U-shaped portionbeing received by the grooved member, and providing a contain-er toreceive the downwardly directed U-shaped portion and having a groove inthe wall to fit between the side of the U-shaped portion of the arm andthe groove member to hold it in position, said container being adaptedto receive a liquid to prevent insects from crawling along the arm toreach the object supported thereby.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be foundillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a sideView in elevation of the improved ant-proof shelf bracket,

Figure 2, a front View,

Figure 3, a vertical sectional view on a plane indicated by the line 83of Figure 2,

Figure 4, a transverse sectional View on a plane indicated by the line4t4 of Figure 2, and

Figure 5, a detail of the grooved member.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views.

The improved shelf bracket comprises an arm 1 having one of its endspointed and threaded as shown at 2 to engage a suitable support A, whileits other end is formed with an upright lug 3 and a contiguous shoulder4 to support a shelf or other article to be spaced from the support A.Intermediate of the ends of the arm 1 is a U- shaped downwardly directedportion 5, having one of its sides 6 arranged contiguous to the supportA when in position. 7 designates a plate having an opening 8 adjacent toits upper end to receive the pointed and threaded end 2 of the arm 1 tohold it in po sition on the support A, and an opening 9 adjacent to itslower end to receive a driven fastening 9 engaging the support A.Intermediate of the ends of theplate 7 the sides are turned outwardly asshown at 10 to enclose the side 6 of the downwardly directed portion 5and to form therewith a clamping .member to secure a container 11 inposition,

said container being provided with a pressed in vertical groove 12 toslip between the side 6 of the downwardly directed portion 5, and thewalls of the groove formed by the out wardly directed members 10.

In use, the article is assembled as shown in the drawings and water orother liquid, such for instance as an insecticide, may be placed in thecontainer 11. -It will be apparent that ants or other crawling insectscannot reach the article supported on the lug 3 because of the liquid inthe container 11, and the food or other articles supported on the shelfmounted on the arm would be. proalso be apparent that the container 11is held frictionally between plate 7 and side 6 of the arm 1 so that itmay be removed when desired for cleaning or for any other purpose.

What is claimed is 1. A shelf bracket, including a U-shaped tected frominroads by such insects. It will 7 gle to one of the sides of the memberto engage a support, a lug on the extremity of the other side of themember, a shoulder contiguous to said lug, said lug and shoulder beingadapted to support a shelf, and a cup shaped container for liquid toreceive the U-shaped member and the vertical wall of which .frictionallyengages between the U-shaped memher and the support.

3. A shelf bracket, comprising a grooved clamping member, an arm havingone of its terminals adapted to secure said member to a support, a lugon the other terminal of.

said arm to engage a shelf, a horizontal shoulder on the arm adjacent tosaid lug to supportthe shelf. a U-shaped portion inter mediate of saidshoulder and the first mentioned terminal of the arm, one of the sidesof said U-shaped portion received by the grooved member, and a onpshaped container to receive said U-shaped portion and having" an offsetgroove in its vertical Wall to 10 engage between the grooved memberandthe sideof the U-shaped portion, said container adapted to hold aliquid. In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

HERMAN E. DE rEW.

